October is Bat Appreciation Month and we’re celebrating with a bunch of Brilliant Bat Crafts for Kids! Make bats with paper, cardboard, yarn & more!

It’s October, and it’s the month when one animal gets celebrated for two reasons. Yes, we’re talking about bats!

October is the month of Halloween celebrations, and it’s also Bat Appreciation Month. Now that’s enough reason to appreciate and celebrate bats this month!

And we’re going to do it the way we know best – by making bat crafts for kids!

20 Easy Halloween Bat Crafts for Kids

1. Free Printable Shape Bats

This printable template gives little ones an opportunity to learn about shapes while making their bat crafts!

2. Brown Bat Bookmark for Kids

Keep up with your reading this season – with a cute bat bookmark! This one is brown in color, and fits neatly on the top corner of your page so you never lose your place!

3. Bat-Shaped Halloween Treat Bag

This little bat treat bag is great for collecting a small stash of candy, or for giving your friends little Halloween gifts. And no, not all gifts have to be sweet edibles, there are non-candy gifts out there!

4. Corner Bat Bookmark Craft for Kids

Here’s another idea for a Halloween corner bookmark, and we love how colorful it is! Keep the bat’s wings black and change up the body color for a different bat each time!

5. DIY Paper Quilled Bat Craft for Kids

If you’re trying your hand at quilling and need some Halloween inspiration, you can’t go wrong with this quilled bat!

6. DIY Bat Pop Up Card for Halloween

Why should cards be restricted to birthdays and Christmas? You can hand out cards on Halloween too, and we have a fun pop-up version for you!

7. Quick and Easy Bat Bookmark for Kids

While the previous corner bookmarks on this list of bat crafts for kids were to be placed on the top of the page, this one is for the bottom of the page – much like how a bat sleeps hanging upside down!

8. Popsicle Stick Bat Bookmark for Halloween

If you’d like to try making a DIY bookmark that’s not a corner bookmark, try this one made out of Popsicle sticks. Along with the bat, you can go ahead and make some friends – a witch, a ghost, a black cat and Dracula himself!

9. Coffee Filter Bat Craft

These bat crafts for kids from Woo Jr. are simply gorgeous – thanks to coffee filters absorbing paint! They’re much easier to make than they look, so give them a try!

10. Cardboard Tube Hanging Bat Craft

Turn empty cardboard tubes into bats – and make sure they hang upside down! Buddy and Buggy shows us how to make these bats and also how to get them to hang on branches!

11. DIY Hanging Foam Bats

These foam bats from HGTV make great decor pieces and work well both indoors and outdoors. Again, don’t forget to make them hang upside down!

12. Edible Truffle Bats

These bat truffles from One Sweet Appetite are too cute to eat! With Oreos, chocolate and a bit of time and effort, you can make these cute Halloween treats for a party!

13. Sensory Yarn Bat Craft

If you’re looking for bat crafts for kids that also offer some fine motor exercise, check out this yarn craft from Chirping Moms. It’s a great project for the littles, and keeps them busy for a while!

14. Hanging Origami Bats

If all you have to make a bat craft is just paper, then paper it is! That’s all you need to create this Origami paper Vampire bat from Paper Kawaii that’s perfect for Halloween!

15. Bat Treat Boxes

Craft Passion has a cute little treat box in the shape of a bat – perfect for a little gift for someone special!

16. Halloween Bat Puppet

If you’re planning to put up a puppet show this Halloween, be sure to include these cute guys from Big Family Blessings! They could be the sidekicks to the main characters, or an evil duo that looks adorable!

17. Cupcake Liner Bats

Black cupcake liners are usually quite abundant during Halloween season, and while you can use them to bake cupcakes or muffins, you can also use them to make this craft from I Heart Crafty Things!

18. Finger Print Bat Art

CraftyMorning has an easy bat art project that’s great for kids of all ages. It’s super simple, but the result is quite impressive and frame-worthy!

19. Flying Bat Craft

A bat whizzing past you may be a little scary, but not these guys! Living Life and Learning shows us how to make paper bats that actually fly!

20. Pumpkin Bat Craft

Get out your craft paper to make little pumpkin-shaped bats – combining two icons of the season in one project! Get the instructions to make this from Simple Everyday Mom.

If you want more, Activity Village and Super Coloring also have some fun bat-themed printables for kids that are perfect for Halloween and Bat Appreciation Month. Don’t forget to check out all our holiday crafts for guaranteed year-round fun!